,760 firm-year observations. We prepared regression models for the dividend and investment ratio depending on the company … cash flow hypothesis and signaling theory of dividends. Dividends and investment might be a tool to mitigate managerial … situation. The results contribute to the literature on firms' investment- and dividend-cash flow sensitivity and the order of …

I examine whether and to what extent tax uncertainty affects a firm's dividend payouts. Based on the argument that tax … uncertainty exhibit a lower probability of dividend payouts. The effect of tax uncertainty is stronger in the presence of … negative effect of tax uncertainty on dividend levels, which is moderated by the costs of dividend reductions. These results …